Down East Magazine

3 Coastal Preserves That Showcase Maine Wildflowers and Pollinators

People often hear about the important role pollinators play in producing the food we eat. But what exactly is a pollinator? It’s any animal or force that helps transfer pollen from the male part of a ...
Portland Press Herald

Wildflowers enliven Maine forestry understory

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Kennebec Journal

On the Pacific Crest Trail, the wildflowers are spectacular and the challenges are real

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. CAJON PASS, California — The McDonald’s off Interstate 15 just south of ...
Down East Magazine

Looking: A Good Way to See

I am sitting at my kitchen table with a fine-tipped Sharpie in hand, trying to conjure onto a sheet of paper the stalk and dry seed head of a bee-balm flower that I’ve set in a canning jar. It’s not ...
Los Angeles Times

Spring awakens desert’s beauty

BORREGO SPRINGS, CALIF. — Jeff Sewell’s paintbrush chased the slanting light across a field of desert sunflowers. Gold. Ocher. Flecks of palest yellow. Then the sun sank behind the San Ysidro ...